Container for brick



J. B. WALKER.

CONTAINER FOR BRICK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 19:1.

1,3313544. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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I T I I I I Inventor, John B- Walker,

Attorney.

JOHN BRISBEN- WALKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER FOR BRICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 19-20.

Application filed April 5, 1917. Serial No. 159,885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. \VALKER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of New York, borough and county of Richn'iond, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImpi-ovements in Containers for Brick, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive tool of simple construction for the economical, rapid and safe handling of brick, tile and similar material, and a saving absolutely of all destruction of brick and finally, instead of being dumped on theloading and reloading.

by breakage. This is effected by providing a container suitable for hand carrying. Loaded at the kiln, it simplifies the process of loading between the kiln, the car or boat. It permits the loading of brick on the car or boat with an expenditure of labor of from twenty to forty per cent. less than that now required for transferring brick from wheelbarrow or kiln car toboat or car. It also saves from twenty to forty per cent. of the labor required for unloading from boat or car to truck. If brick are hauled to storage'yard, it again saves from twenty to forty per cent. of the labor required for un- At the building, brick are deposited without breakage, thus saving the considerable percentage of brick broken in the present process of dumping. When brick are taken from the street to the well, there is another considerable saving,

floor and picked up by the worker, the con tainer, placed on the wall itself, at the side of the mason, sothat he takes each brick from the container by a lateral motion of his hand, serves the greatest economy of motion, covering the shortest possible distance, and eliminates the back-breaking process of stooping for each additional brick.

A further object is to provide a container which may be folded into a compact form for return and reuse, so that it will be economical to load the container at the kiln and permit the brick to remain undisturbed therein until withdrawn at the building wall.

A further object is to provide such a container with a bail or handle permanently attached thereto, but constructed in such man ner as not to interfere with the folding up of the container for return shipment.

A further obiect is to provide such a container with walls of wire mesh so organized that it will have points of increased thickness where the bricks will receive support, which points are most simply the crossing points of the mesh, and these will underlie the area of the brick which they support and no brick will bear upon its support at any edge or corner and thereby render the corner liable to chipping.

A further object is to provide containers of such construction that when loaded they may be stacked one above the other for storage or transportation, and when so stacked the bottoms of the upper containers will each rest upon the brick in the container below with the points of bearing overlying the area of the brick and not at any edge or corner.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this application- Figure Iis a perspective of a container embodying my invention, the contents being indicated with dotted lines,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the container folded for return shipment, and

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same.

- The container comprises a bottom section a and two end sections 6, b. The sides of the containers are open, and the interior dimensions are such that the distance between the two open sides, which is the width of the bottom and the end sections, is slightly in excess of the length of a brick. The other horizontal interior dimension in the form shown is about threequarters of an inch in excess of the combined width of four brick and the depth is close to the combined thickness of six-brick. This form consequently provides for holding twenty-four brick, but these multiples may be greater or less, depending upon the density of the brick to be handled, and the load which is found most suitable to put upon the laborers employed.

There is a hinge connection between each end section and the bottom section so that the end sections m av be folded over onto the bottom section. The hinge is conveniently formed by eyes 0, c at the lower ends of the vertical strands of the end sections which engage the end portions of a frame d which bounds the bottom section. The center line of the hinge is offset from the plane of one of the two sections hinged together in order that they may be folded into a parallel relation with one lying on the other. As shown the offset is conveniently made with respect to the plane of the side section, the eyes being offset for the purpose, as they may. be of lighter gage wire which is more readily bent than the frame of the bottom section.

A bail or handle is provided which consists of a middle link 6 and two side links 7, 7 each consisting of a length of wire with eyes formed at the ends. The side links are connected to eyes g, g at the upper edges of the end sections of the container, preferably through short links or rings h, h to increase the flexibility so that the bail will fold and permit the end sections to fold down on the bottom section. The links are of suitable relative lengths to permit of this. 7 The middle link 1n order to have sufficient stiffness is of heavier gage wire than the side links which are subjected only to tensile strains.

Afiber handpiece 2 is hooked to the middle link to afford a suitable handhold.

lVithin the frame of the bottom section are stretched longitudinal strandsj, j and cross strands 70,70, the number ofthe latter being double that of the brick in the bottom layer so as to bring the crossing points with even spacing, which are the points of increased thickness to afford support within the area of the brick and not at anyedge or corner and thereby render the corner liable to chipping. This increased thickness at the crossing points also brings the points of support for the container when stacked I within the area of the brick in the container underneath, and permits the bail to be folded between without interfering with the bearing. V

The bricks are loaded in the container at the kiln, and the container is conveniently used in all of the transfers up to the wall in which the bricks are built. When the container is on the wall, by reason of the brick being in a single vertical bank and there being no sides to the container adjacent to the brick ends to interfere with the handhold the brick may be grasped and Withdrawn with facility. And further, by reason of the brick being laid flat in the container, they do not have to be turned to bring them into position for laying in the wall, andv go from the container to their places in the wall in substantially straight lines.

Because, by the use of these containers, not a brick is broken between the kiln and the wall, the mason does not loose time in trying to fit broken brick into place, and the wall is strengthened by being laid up with all whole brick and joints regularly broken. V H V I The usual steps in transferring brick from kiln to wall involve eight handlings at each of which this container effects material economy. These handlings are from kiln to barrow, frombarrow to boat or car, from boat to truck, from truck to storage yard, from storage yard to (truck, Ifrom truck to ground and building, from ground to platform or floor of building, and from floor or platform to the-wall.

Economy of transportation is also served in the constructionof thecontainer, which.

is so devised that the three sections com prising the sides and bottom lie fiat against each other, and packed in bundles for return to the kiln the containers occupy the minimum of space, and their construction provides the minimum of weight consistent with strength, I V

o What I clain ras new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A container for brick the walls of which comprise a wire mesh bottom section and two end sections, the sides of the container being open, theinterior dimension between the end sections being slightly in excess of a multiple of the width of a brick and the intcrior dimension between the open sides be- JOHN YBRISBEN WALKER. 

